They just tried to assassinate Trump

mattp

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IMHO Mayorkas should be the next one to resign.
Part of me wants him to remain to be held accountable when Trump wins. If he resigns, it's less likely he will be held responsible.
Honestly I was surprised they called Fauci to testify after he stepped down...Not that anything happened to him...
 

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Sadly people never learn...

Congressional hearings are just theatre to make people feel like something is being done. As Trump said in his acceptance speech, "Does anyone ever get fired from Government?"... NO!!

Some may publicly resign and which makes you feel better. Right? ... What if you found out a year later they got a job in the private sector making even more money? ... Doesn't feel so good now, right? And no one ever says what happened to that person because they don't want you to know what happened to them.

This is all like shampoo:
Apply - Do something bad
Wash - Demand answers and have a BS congressional hearing
Rinse - People feel better someone got drilled but in reality there were no "real" repercussions.
Repeat - Repeat

I've seen it for decades. It's nothing new.
 

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Three things:

1. Sux to be him - maybe they should leave him alone
2. Crooks not the best last name
3. Why was he so concerned after a couple of hours that he called the police - He suspected his son had a loose wire and capable of doing something bad with father's AR?
 

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Three things:

1. Sux to be him - maybe they should leave him alone
2. Crooks not the best last name
3. Why was he so concerned after a couple of hours that he called the police - He suspected his son had a loose wire and capable of doing something bad with father's AR?
To address #3, from my law enforcement experience, a number of people call after a short period of time out of concern when someone deviates from their normal pattern. While your suggestion is a possibility, there are also plenty of other reasons.
 

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Excerpt ^^^^:

A municipal officer came face-to-face with Crooks several minutes before the would-be assassin fired on Trump, Paris testified.
Paris said that the brief confrontation came as a pair of local officers who had learned of Crooks’ position on the roof attempted to climb up and confront the shooter. But while the officer was “dangling” from the roof, Crooks aimed his rifle at the officer and the officer fell.

I know it's easy to armchair quarterback but as I stated on Wednesday:

If I was the officer performing the boost and was not the "injured" officer, based on my fellow officer's exclamation I (think that I) would have un-holstered my sidearm and fired several shots in the air. THAT would get a LOT of attention and Trump would probably have ducked on his own. :wtf:

After having someone point a weapon at my partner, that action would be logical and merited under the circumstances, IMO and it would have given a least a couple of minutes warning, more than enough for Trump to duck and the SS agents to get him down. Since that warning did not come, I am extremely glad that Trump turned his head at that moment, likely causing Crooks' shot to not be fatal. :headbang:
 
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